The highly anticipated Group C matchup that pitted EuroBasket 2017 favorites Spain against Dario Saric, Bojan Bogdanovic, Dragan Bender and Croatia, lived up to the anticipation.
Croatia, behind a memorable 18-point, 13-rebound, 5-assist game from Dario Saric kept pace with Spain until Nuggets’ forward Juancho Hernangomez sealed things with a game-saving block at the rim with his side up three with just 15 seconds remaining.
Hernangomez’s block tied a bow on another solid outing for the 21-year-old who only shot 2-7 from the field but still racked up 23 minutes of playing time — the second-most he’s played in Spain’s four group games — despite finding himself in foul trouble late in the fourth quarter.